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Strathblane records
Lookup searches – Access records in Scottish archives for ancestors in this parish (e.g. Kirk Session Records). Available from £1 a name a year.
Poor Law appeals – Indexed Poor Law appeals with the option to order images of records.
Asylum records – Index to the General Register of Lunatics in Asylums
School records – Index to School Leaving Certificate Examination results
Anatomy Registers – Index to the records of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland
Birth records with no father’s name – Hit a brick wall with no father named in a birth record? Help is at hand: see our list for this parish below.
Asylum records – Index to the General Register of Lunatics in Asylums
Male Heads of Families – Free transcripts of rolls of male heads of families from the 1830s
Kirk Sessions Index – Free extracts from Kirk Session records
Lookups
The records of the Kirk Session contain a variety of documents which detail many aspects of the daily lives of all types of people throughout Scotland from the 16th century onwards. We are pleased to be able to offer a search service in some of the records available for this parish. We will search for a given name in any of the record sets in the table below, and provide you with transcripts of any matching entries for just £1 per name per year.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/510/1 | Strathblane kirk session: Accounts Includes some poor relief | 1856-1932 | Request lookup |
| CH2/510/3 | Strathblane kirk session: Minutes Minutes 1711-31 Minutes 1744-68 (with gaps) | 1711-1768 | Request lookup |
| CH2/510/4 | Strathblane kirk session: Minutes (With gaps) | 1769-1852 | Request lookup |
| CH2/510/5 | Strathblane kirk session: Minutes, 1853-1906; Register of births, 1815; Proclamations, 1856-1906 | 1815-1906 | Request lookup |
| CH2/510/6 | Strathblane kirk session: Poors' fund minutes and accounts Includes regular poor payments | 1776-1809 | Request lookup |
| CH2/510/7 | Strathblane kirk session: Poors' fund minutes and accounts | 1809-1853 | Request lookup |
| CH2/510/8 | Strathblane kirk session: Communion roll | 1875-1883 | Request lookup |
| CH2/510/9 | Strathblane kirk session: Communion roll | 1884-1902 | Request lookup |
Board of Supervision poor relief appeals
The Board of Supervision was established under the 1845 Poor Law Act. One of its tasks was to hear appeals by paupers against inadequate poor relief granted by Parochial Boards. These appeals were recorded in the Board of Supervision minutes. Cases were often heard over an extended period. The minutes may contain a variety of information, including about other family members, medical conditions and other circumstances. For more information about these records, see here.
We are pleased to be able to offer to obtain images of the minutes for each appeal, at the following rates:
We are pleased to be able to offer to obtain images of the minutes for each appeal, at the following rates:
- £3 for a single minute
- £6 for up to 3 minutes for a single case
- £9 for any single case with more than 3 minutes (some cases have as many as 8 minutes)
| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Jane HOWAT or NORVAL | 1864 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Elizabeth MCKECHNIE | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief |
Sheriff Court paternity decrees
Single mothers often took the fathers of their children to court for child support. Such cases were known as filiation and aliment cases. The court could order the father to provide maintenance payments to the mother. If the mother won her case, the court would issue a decree, which would allow the mother to enforce payment of aliment. We have indexed all the records of such cases held by the National Records of Scotland from at least 1855 to 1880, and can provide digital images of the records. To order your copy, simply click on the Order now link in the table below.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hannah BENSON Netherton, Strathblane | Alexander GOW | 7 Apr 1888 Netherton, Strathblane | Order now | Hamilton SC37/7/27 |
| Elizabeth GRAHAM Netherton, Strathblane | Andrew ARTHUR | 9 Apr 1851 | Order now | Stirling SC67/5/16 |
| Janet MACARTHUR Strathblane, Stirlingshire | William SIMPSON | 8 Apr 1875 Blanefield, Strathblane, Stirlingshire | Order now | Glasgow SC36/14/46 |
| Christina MCCOLL Broadgate, Strathblane formerly Buston, Kirkintilloch | Archibald MCCAFFER | 29 Jan 1881 Sanna, Ardnamurchan, Argyll | Order now | Stirling SC67/5/22 |
School Leaving Certificate Exams
This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). We do not currently have any records for this parish.
Anatomy register
This is an index to the registers of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland (NRS Reference MH1/1-MH1/30). We do not currently have any records for this parish.
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
Your research hit a brick wall when you discovered a birth record missing this vital name? Choose Find the Father by any birth below to start breaking down that barrier today with our FREE search service. Where we've already identified the father, click on the Father Found link to order a copy of the record naming the father. For births outwith this period, click here.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes AITCHISON | 17 December 1855 | Mary AITCHISON | Find the father |
| William ALLISON | 1 October 1858 | Elisabeth ALLISON | Find the father |
| Hannah BENSON | 26 February 1865 | Jean BENSON | Find the father |
| James BIRRELL | 3 November 1860 | Margaret BIRRELL | Find the father |
| Charles BOYLE | 8 October 1858 | Margaret BOYLE | Find the father |
| John BOYLE | 2 August 1861 | Margaret BOYLE | Find the father |
| Helen BUCHANAN | 23 August 1868 | Elizabeth BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| William BUCHANAN | 24 January 1856 | Jean BUCHANAN | Find the father |
| Catherine CAIRNS | 13 February 1868 | Catherine CAIRNS | Find the father |
| James CAMPBELL | 10 July 1860 | Margaret Ann CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Thomas CLARK | 30 March 1863 | Elizabeth CLARK | Find the father |
| John Guthrie DEWAR | 6 January 1867 | Agnes DEWAR | Find the father |
| Helen DOCHERTY | 14 June 1855 | Grace DOCHERTY | Find the father |
| Jean DUNNION | 1 February 1856 | Helen DUNNION | Find the father |
| Mary Ann DUNNION | 30 April 1861 | Grace DUNNION | Find the father |
| Agnes ELLIOT | 4 April 1862 | Sarah ELLIOT | Find the father |
| Jane FOY | 5 September 1861 | Mary FOY | Find the father |
| William GILCHRIST | 14 March 1866 | Agnes GILCHRIST | Find the father |
| James GILFILLAN | 2 December 1863 | Jane GILFILLAN | Find the father |
| Carolina GRAHAM | 20 September 1860 | Mary Blair GRAHAM | Father found |
| Jean GRAHAM | 25 September 1863 | Jean GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Margaret GRAHAM | 25 December 1873 | Margaret GRAHAM | Find the father |
| Mary GRAY | 4 July 1860 | Margaret GRAY | Find the father |
| Elisabeth JOLLY | 5 October 1858 | Elizabeth JOLLY | Find the father |
| Helen MAITLAND | 6 November 1871 | Annie MAITLAND | Find the father |
| Agnes MCARTHUR | 18 October 1860 | Margaret MCARTHUR | Find the father |
| Thomas MCDADE | 19 November 1860 | Mary MCDADE | Find the father |
| William MCLAREN | 17 December 1873 | Isabella MCLAREN | Find the father |
| Annie MCLUMPHA | 20 December 1865 | Annie MCLUMPHA | Find the father |
| Ann MCMARTIN | 4 February 1862 | Ann MCMARTIN | Find the father |
| Daniel MCMILLAN | 9 February 1874 | Mary MCMILLAN | Find the father |
| Isabella Gray MCNAUGHT | 17 March 1872 | Jane MCNAUGHT | Find the father |
| James Robertson MCNAUGHT | 31 July 1859 | Jane MCNAUGHT | Find the father |
| Archibald MCNEIL | 25 January 1874 | Jessie MCNEIL | Find the father |
| James MCQUEEN | 11 October 1867 | Maggie MCQUEEN | Find the father |
| John MORRISON | 2 September 1858 | Margaret MORRISON | Find the father |
| William MORRISON | 2 September 1858 | Margaret MORRISON | Find the father |
| Ann NEILL | 28 March 1870 | Jane NEILL | Find the father |
| Patrick NESSON | 29 January 1860 | Bridget NESSON | Find the father |
| Martha NORVAL | 5 November 1871 | Margaret NORVAL | Find the father |
| Hugh OWENS | 10 April 1870 | Bridget OWENS | Find the father |
| Thomas OWENS | 1 June 1864 | Mary OWENS | Find the father |
| Elizabeth REYNOLDS | 28 May 1857 | Letitia REYNOLDS | Find the father |
| Susan RICE | 19 June 1858 | Margaret RICE | Find the father |
| Annie Dow Airley SHAW | 13 July 1863 | Jane SHAW | Find the father |
| Thomas SPARK | 24 March 1872 | Isabella SPARK | Find the father |
| Helen SQUARE | 8 July 1869 | Margaret SQUARE | Find the father |
| Ann THOMAS | 11 April 1858 | Janet THOMAS | Find the father |
| Mary TUMELEY | 9 September 1866 | Maria TUMELEY | Find the father |
| Jessie WALDIE | 25 February 1870 | Ann WALDIE | Find the father |
| Mary WALKER | 23 December 1872 | Elizabeth WALKER | Find the father |
| James WEIR | 3 February 1872 | Helen WEIR | Find the father |
| James WEIR | 18 March 1873 | Mary WEIR | Find the father |
| Robert WEIR | 2 October 1867 | Mary WEIR | Find the father |
| Margaret WILSON | 19 April 1855 | Janet WILSON | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. To order a record click on the Order images link.
| Name | Date of death | Order | Asylums | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEWITT, John miner Born about 1859 Widowed Previous residence: Red Row, Torryburn Chargeable parish: Torryburn | Order images (2) | Fife District Asylum Stirling District | 1914-1915 |
Rolls of Male Heads of Families
In 1834, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland passed the Veto Act, removing the absolute right of landowners to appoint ministers to their parish. The Act gave male heads of families who were communicants with the parish the right to veto the appointment of a new minister if a majority of them objected. To this end, the Assembly instructed kirk sessions to draw up rolls of the male heads of families in each parish. We have transcribed the surviving rolls, and are publishing them here. They are significant as they pre-date the earliest nominal census, which took place in 1841.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander | Adam | Edinkill | ||
| Walter | Aitken | Auchengillan | ||
| George | Allan | Carbeth | ||
| John | Arthur | Edinkill | ||
| Andrew | Brown | Mugdock | ||
| James | Buchanan | Mugdock | ||
| John | Buchanan | Mugdock | ||
| John | Buchanan | Netherton | ||
| John | Calder | Milndavie | ||
| George | Campbell | Craigallian | ||
| George | Cairncross | Duntreath | ||
| Malcolm | Coubrough | Aucheneen | ||
| Malcolm | Coubrough | Balleown | ||
| John | Craig | Ewarland | address not certain | |
| John | Craig | Netherton | ||
| John | Crichton | Netherton | ||
| John | Dow | Edinkill | ||
| James | Dun | Ballagan | ||
| Allan | Ewing | Carbeth | ||
| Archibald | Freeland | elder | Broadgate | |
| Robert | Freeland | Broadgate | ||
| Robert | Freeland | Muirhouse | ||
| William | Freeland | Mugdock | ||
| Hugh | Fletcher | Craigmaddie Lodge | ||
| Andrew | George | Balleown | ||
| Alexander | Graham | Craigbrock | ||
| Archibald | Graham | Leddregreen | ||
| Henry | Graham | Edinkill | ||
| Robert | Graham | Dumbrock | ||
| William | Graham | Balleown | ||
| John | Gray | Ballagan | ||
| James | Holmes | Carbeth | ||
| John | Keer | Bluerisk | ||
| Andrew | Kessen | elder | Netherton | |
| John | Lapslie | Balleown | ||
| John | Mcculloch | Toll Bar | ||
| Archibald | Mcdonald | Dumbrock | ||
| Alexander | Mcgregor | Dumbrock | ||
| James | Mclay | elder | Blairquhosh | |
| John | Malcom | Balleown | ||
| John | Mcindoe | Carbeth | ||
| Andrew | Mcfarlane | Balleown | ||
| Andrew | Mcfarlane | Balleown | ||
| John | Mcfarlane | Mugdock | ||
| John | Mcfarlane | Edinkill | ||
| James | Maitland | Gateside | ||
| Archibald | Milliken | Edinkill | ||
| Alexander | Mcmillan | Edinkill | ||
| William | Murray | Edinkill | ||
| James | Mason | Milndavie | ||
| John | Mason | Edinkill | ||
| Archibald | Mcfarlane | Balleown | ||
| Archibald | Norval | Arleven | ||
| John | Norval | Gateside | ||
| John | Norval | Braehead | ||
| James | Paterson | Kirkland | ||
| William | Pender | Milndavie | ||
| Gregor | Pender | Dumbrock | ||
| James | Provan | elder | Auchengillan | |
| George | Ronald | Cuilt | ||
| John | Ronald | Cuilt | ||
| John | Scott | Mugdock | ||
| James | Shearer | elder | Mugdock | |
| Robert | Shearer | Bankend | ||
| Duncan | Sinclair | Netherton | ||
| William | Taft | Carbeth | ||
| Thomas | Watson | Mugdock | ||
| Cunningham | Whyte | Edinkill |
Kirk Session Records Index
Use the name links below to go to the entries for the person you are interested in. We have selected 1832 as an example year for parishes across Scotland. If you would like more information about the existence of Kirk Session minutes for this or another parish or would like to search for particular people in the minutes please contact us.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
